Strawberry 1.0 gives browser assistants a clearer place in a team’s workflow

Strawberry 1.0 adds nine preconfigured browser companions, customizable appearances and a New Tab view called Companion Plaza.

Strawberry released version 1.0 of its AI browser on October 26. The release offers nine preconfigured assistants, called companions, and lets people customize their appearance. It also adds Companion Plaza, a view of those assistants on the New Tab page. The release notes describe shared team companions as part of the product’s evolution. That feature predates 1.0. [Strawberry release notes](https://strawberrybrowser.com/updates/strawberry-1-0)

The companion is the unit of work

The preconfigured companions start with roles and routines. A colleague can begin with a setup intended for sales or recruiting and adapt it through conversation. Strawberry’s release history also describes scheduled work and routines triggered by events. Those capabilities make a shared setup more useful than a collection of individual prompts when teammates repeat the same task.

A shared setup does not by itself resolve which person or account can access a page. For instance, an assistant that drafts a reply using records in an authenticated service should operate within the same access rules as the colleague who requested the task. Its scope should also be apparent to the team when a routine starts or another colleague takes over. [Strawberry release history](https://strawberrybrowser.com/updates/strawberry-1-0)

How teams can judge the browser workflow

The first useful comparison is a task people already understand, such as drafting a summary from a known set of pages. A team can record how long it takes to verify the result and whether a second colleague can see which sources the assistant used. It can then test an exception, such as an unavailable page or an account that lacks access. A browser tool becomes easier to share when the next person can see what ran and what remains for them to do.

Strawberry 1.0 makes the companions easier to find and personalize. Teams evaluating the product will learn more from the visibility of its actions and handoffs than from how the assistants look on the New Tab page. [Strawberry product and release history](https://strawberrybrowser.com/updates/strawberry-1-0)